St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-05
SHE COULDN'T FOoL HsM.
How the Old Cieck on tlAe Corner
Did UP "a Man wi lao said lac Had
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That scar-faced old clock nailed up
against the side of the building on the cor
ner of Fourth and Wabasha streets is liable
to get somebody into serious trouble unless
a sharp eye is kept OIL it, For months it
has leaned up against that building through
all kinds of weather. spreading its hands
mOdeStly over its face with as much peni-
tence ON its cOuntenance as was depicted
on the weather-beaten face of old Simeon
Styltes as he stood for years on the top OF
his tall pillar and gaZed fearlessly into the
face of the elements that warred about
him.
Nobody stops ON that street corner for a
car without consulting the dial, and those
who have walked up and down the streets
for several months have come to glance at
it as naturally as they would at the face of
friend whom they had been in the habit
of meeting in a certain place each day.
Yesterday afternoon GLOBE reporter
noticed rather tired-looking Individual
with blood-shot eyes. poorly fitting raj
ment, a battered hat and dirty shirt collar
leaning up against the telegraph pole on
the corner. He would glide his eyes up
over the face of the clock ever and anon,
and then turn them eXpectantly up and
down the street The hands of the clock
indicated the hour of 2.
The reporter went down town and i'm ar
hour came back. The same battered indi-
vidual leaned up against the telegraph pole
and glanced fiom the face of the clock I'D
and down the street in the same anxious
way. The hands of the clock Indicated the
hour of g
The reporter went around the corner and
shook dice for cigars All hour and came
back. The same man stood under the
clock, but he was not so patient and listless
as he had been an hour before. He would
look up at the clock and, muttering an oath.
would walk up and down the sidewalk
IN A ZIG-ZAG WAY,
all the time securing the faces of the people
filing by ON the streets. The hands of the
clock indicated the hour of q
The reporter went over to West st. Paul
to look over some property that real estate
agent wanted to sell him on the installment
plan, and when he returned two hours
afterwards the bothered looking man was
pranciDg up and down the sidewalk under
the clock. with foam on his lips and large
wads OF profanity dropping from his tongue
! The hands of the clock indicated the hour
of 2.
The reporter became interested in the
man. Thinking he was suffering and in
| lCSu VI dooioIducc, tppTOdCueQ MIN ana
| said:
| whats the matter, old man? Got pain?o
mo" he growled back as ne spit some foam
| on the bill board.
| FAM troublef' ventured the reporter.
"Famny trouble be d--d?" he biurted rs he
| kickt the telegraph pole with his left foot.
Been monkeying with the wheat market?''
| continued the newspaper man.
mo, no, no!' he yelled; wouldn't know a
wheat market If ! should see one Never met
| enc in my life. ain't no dude, but | know
| wncn I'm treated on the square. | made a
mash on girl down here III ii restaurant and
she told me SIZED meet me here Tt o'clock
I've been here every since O'Clock and it's
! been 2 O'Clock every since I've sten here by
that clock, and propose 10 stay right
here till half past two il it takes till
| day after tomorrow. / hate 10 be
done up by a common. ordinary mackerel
bringer in q cheap restaurant Perhaps she
thinks don't know the time of day. Maybe
| she thinks don't know o'clock from any
thing else Maybe she thinks I'm soft.
Well, IL she does, Ill show her a tr4t;k or two
before Iquit this corner, that she alp I onto .
and the man jumped up in III &. cracked